Summer Youth Art Camp
Join the smART Program at RAL Art Center this summer for six weeks of summer camp fun! Youth Art Camps will be held in the Rappahannock Art Center beginning June 10 and continuing through July 27. Make the most of your family’s summer break with weeklong day camps designed for kids ages 4 to 18.
Choose from a full lineup of camps, each one focused on a different kind of creative fun. Nature explores will delight in a camp all about art and nature or give the budding architect in the family a chance to build their skills with a camp connecting STEM and the arts. Whatever your kids’ passions, they’re sure to find plenty to love at the gallery. And you’ll love that they’re learning and making memories every step of the way.
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List of Summer Camps
Art in Nature
Teen Studio
Fashion, Fun, and Fiber!
All Things Architecture
Sketchbook Club
Rappahanock Adventurers League
Ready, Set, PAINT!
S.T.E.A.M
June
Monday through Friday, June 10 to 14, 9:30am to 12:30pm
In this weeklong summer camp led by art instructors, create art inspired by nature, use natural materials, and create art for your yard. Learn from a special guest artist about the true art of nature and enjoy visits from local nature guides.
Monday through Friday, June 10 to 14, 1:00 pm to 4:00pm
In this weeklong summer camp led by art instructors, create art inspired by nature, use natural materials, and create art for your yard. Learn from a special guest artist about the true art of nature and enjoy visits from local nature guides.
Monday through Friday, June 17 to 21, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Calling all teens! Searching for a way to boost your creative skills, add an art experience to your resume, or just looking for something fun to do this summer? Join us in the art studio for this week-long, teens-only workshop! This summer camp will dive into new skills, and teens will learn mixed media techniques that combine drawing, photography, and collage to help unlock creative potential!
Fashion, Fun, and Fiber! (ages 8 - 10)
Monday through Friday, June 17 to 21, 1:00 pm to 4:00pm
Are you fashion-forward? Do you want to learn more about fashion and art? If so, this camp is for you! Learn how to bring art to life from a simple sketch to a multimedia piece of art. Led by fiber artists, campers will learn all sorts of techniques like weaving, embroidery, knitting, dye fabrics, and more!
All Things Architecture (ages 5 - 7)
Monday through Friday, June 24 to 28, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Attention master builders and future engineers: let's make something awesome! In this weeklong summer camp, kids will get to flex their creative muscles and learn how to problem-solve by (literally) building solutions. Your growing architect will develop valuable STEAM skills and learn to draw inspiration from their surroundings—all while having a blast building their own models.
All Things Architecture (ages 8 - 10)
Monday through Friday, June 24 to 28, 1:00 pm to 4:00pm
Attention master builders and future engineers: let's make something awesome! In this weeklong summer camp, kids will get to flex their creative muscles and learn how to problem-solve by (literally) building solutions. Your growing architect will develop valuable STEAM skills and learn to draw inspiration from their surroundings—all while having a blast building their own models.
July
Monday through Friday, July 8 to 11, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Grab your sketchbooks—it's time to draw! In this weeklong summer camp led by art instructors, discover fun and creative drawing techniques. Learn to create with pencil, ink, charcoal, and many other materials while getting inspired by marvelous works in the gallery!
Monday through Friday, July 8 to 11, 1:00 pm to 4:00pm
Grab your sketchbooks—it's time to draw! In this weeklong summer camp led by art instructors, discover fun and creative drawing techniques. Learn to create with pencil, ink, charcoal, and many other materials while getting inspired by marvelous works in the gallery!
Fashion, Fun, and Fiber! (ages 5 - 7)
Monday through Friday, July 15 to 19, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Are you fashion-forward? Do you want to learn more about fashion and art? If so, this camp is for you! Learn how to bring art to life from a simple sketch to a multimedia piece of art. Led by fiber artists, campers will learn all sorts of techniques like weaving, embroidery, knitting, dye fabrics, and more!
Rappahannock Adventurers League, in partnership with LCL (ages 12 - 16)
Monday through Friday, July 15 to 19, 1:00 pm to 4:00pm
Come explore the art of a good story through tabletop games in this weeklong summer camp led in collaboration with Lancaster Community Library. Perfect for youth ages 12 through 16 who love creative writing, board games, or character design, you'll spend the week designing a one-shot adventure for the world's most popular roleplaying game and honing your storytelling skills!
Ready, Set, PAINT! (ages 5 - 7)
Monday through Friday, July 22 to 26, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Get your brushes ready! In this weeklong summer camp, we will hone your artist's eye by exploring the big world of painting. Join us in the studio for acrylic and watercolor painting fun while we create portraits, landscapes, and abstract art.
Monday through Friday, July 22 to 26, 1:00 pm to 4:00pm
You may know STEM, but what about STEAM? Join us for a creative week of blending math, science, and art! Discover what artists can create using the power of science and math.